Robotic dispensing at the surgery
28 Apr 2011 | by Dr Jeremy Phipps
How our dispensing robot, a recent recruit to the practice team, is working out. By Dr Jeremy Phipps
Inquiry says dispensing for 1,500 or less of a 6,000 to 7,500 list may end in losses.
How our dispensing robot, a recent recruit to the practice team, is working out. By Dr Jeremy Phipps
Lead GPs must be pragmatic when advising practices on cutting prescribing costs. By Dr Jeremy Phipps
Dr Hal Maxwell says that belated measures to protect GP dispensing fail to remove the threat facing practices.
Rules that limit when people can register as dispensing patients at GP practices do not fit with the government's patient choice agenda, dispensing doctors have said.
The proposed abolition of practice boundaries will mean a more uncertain future for GP dispensing practices and their patients, writes Dr Jeremy Phipps.
The average sessional GP's pay rose by 2.7% in 2008/09 as partners' earnings fell for their third consecutive year, figures show.
Proposals to protect Scottish dispensing practices may have come too late for many surgeries, GPs say.
Dr David Baker argues that dispensing practices face closure unless reimbursement matches outlay.
Dr Lisa Silver says it is time to prepare your dispensary service's quality scheme documentation.
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